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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Orgota creation myth, how many men were created?
(a) 39.
(b) 93.
(c) 42.
(d) 2, one male and one female.

2. When Genly finally gets to Mishnory, whom does he find there?
(a) Ashe.
(b) Estraven.
(c) King Argaven.
(d) Prime Minister Tibe.

3. Do Gethenians become pregnant as males, or as females?
(a) Gethenians don't experience pregnancy.
(b) Males.
(c) Either gender can become pregnant.
(d) Females.

4. It's been pointed out many times in "The Left Hand of Darkness," thus far, that the Gethenians are androgynous. What does "androgynous" mean?
(a) Both genders.
(b) Male.
(c) Female.
(d) No apparent gender--can't tell whether the being is male or female.

5. What is Edondurath's house made from?
(a) Sticks and hay.
(b) Snow and ice.
(c) Bricks.
(d) The corpses of the others he had killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the story in Chapter 2 take place?

2. What name does Estraven give the man who rescues him?

3. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?

4. What answer (in part) does the king receive?

5. After his return to Erhenrang, Genly sends Tibe a note. What is in this note?

(see the answer key)

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